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CODE OF COLORADO REGULATIONS 8 CCR 1403-1 Colorado Child Care Assistance Program

28 24. Home Care Allowance under adult categories of assistance 25. Loans from private individuals as well as commercial institutions 26. Public cash assistance grants including Old Age Pension (OAP), Aid to the Needy Disabled (AND), and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)/Colorado Works 27. Reimbursements for expenses paid related to a settlement or lawsuit 28. Irregular income in the certification period that totals less than ninety dollars ($90) in any calendar quarter, such as slight fluctuations in regular monthly income and/or that which is received too infrequently or irregularly to be reasonably anticipated 29. Income received for participation in grant funded research studies on early childhood development K. Income Adjustments 1. Verified court-ordered child support payments for children not living in the household shall be deducted prior to applying the monthly gross income to the maximum gross monthly income guidelines and when calculating parent fees. To qualify for the adjustment, the child support shall be: a. Court ordered and paid; and b. For a current monthly support order (not including arrears). 2. In order to be considered verified: a. There shall be verification that payments are court ordered and actually paid; b. Court ordered payments deducted shall be for current child support payments; and c. Such verification shall be made at the time of initial approval of eligibility for services and at the time of each re-determination of eligibility. 3.105.2 ADULT CARETAKER OR TEEN PARENT RESPONSIBILITIES A. Primary adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) shall sign the application/re-determination form along with providing verification of income to determine eligibility. B. Adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) agrees to pay the parent fee listed on the child care authorization notice and understands that it is due to the child care provider in the month that care is received. C. Adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) have the responsibility to report and verify changes to income in writing within ten (10) calendar days of the change, only if the household's income exceeds eighty-five percent (85%) of the State median income. Also, if the adult caretaker(s) or teen parent(s) is no longer in their qualifying low-income eligible activity, this is considered temporary cessation of activity and mus be reported in writing within four (4) calendar weeks. This does not include a temporary break in low-income eligible activity such as a temporary job loss from the qualifying eligible activity or temporary change in participation in a training or education activity where the individual remains employed, self-employed, or enrolled in training or education. A temporary break includes but is not limited to: